Heart attack

• Overview
• Discovery
  • What is a heart attack - a doctor speaks
  • Symptoms and getting help for a heart attack
  • Diagnosing a heart attack
  • Initial emotions about having a heart attack
  • Ideas about the causes of a heart attack
• Treatment
  • Pre-hospital care in the ambulance for a heart attack
  • Initial treatments for heart attacks
  • The coronary care unit
  • Medication for heart attacks & side effects
  • Angioplasty & stents
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
  • Recovery from Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
  • The general ward & discharge home
  • Talking to doctors & nurses
• Recovery at home
  • Recovering after a heart attack
  • Coping with emotions after a heart attack
  • Cardiac rehabilitation & support
  • Community based exercise programme (Phase 4)
  • Returning to driving after a heart attack
  • Returning to work after a heart attack
  • Getting Information about heart attacks
  • Sex after a heart attack
  • How it affects carers
  • Complementary therapies and approaches after a heart attack
• Life after a heart attack
  • Leisure, travel and hobbies after a heart attack
  • How it affects family life
  • Preventing another heart attack
  • Attitude to life after a heart attack
  • Messages to others about heart attacks
  • Patient satisfaction and heart attack management
• People's Profiles
  • Aged under 40
  • Age 40-50
  • Age 51-60
  • Age 61-70
  • Age 71-80
  • Aged 81 plus
  • A doctor speaks - Heart attack
• Resources and Information
• Credits